Roller contact oiler



Sept. 22, 193.1;

A. SANS ROLLER CONTACT OILER 3 Sheets-Sheet. 1

Filed Dec. 26, 192:8

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J. SAMS ROLLER CONTACT OILER Filed Dec. 26. 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet, 2

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: Figure" 10 like casing shown inFigur 11 v Pa tehted A ERTJEEFEIiSbSQMSQOFCHZICAGQ; LLmoIs lia;

Figure 12 fee ' cooperate with the end walls of the oil box 5, as shownin Figure 6, and facilitate a. free ends on the shaft18i Thei'spacingbosses 23 swinging movement of the 'lever'19 on its -fulcru1n18.' In}theinner ends of the arms 21 of'the-lever119 there are holes 22 in which ismountecla shaft 25. A roller 261s carried for rotation by {the shaft 25and is located between the arms 21 of the lever 19. The numeral:27designates'a lever, which is'li'ke the lever 19,-that is, 'U-shaped in?top plan;

'The lever 27 includes an intermediate por- Y "tion, or weight 28, andarms? 29, the arms 29 r f being lmounted on the shaft, 17 y "The "lever27, thus, is fulcrumed inter;- mediate its ends( The levers 19 andj27 1are providedrespectively with bosses 23 and 30" which space the leversfrom the endwalls of I of the arms 29 are marked byc-thenunieral' thebox 5 Land permit the leversto swing freely in a vertical direction. Theinner ends 31, and as shown in Flg-ure 1,,they'eng'age beneath'the innerends of the arms, 21 ofthe 3 lever-19, The lever 27, therefore,cooperates with the? lever 19 to raisethe roller 26 and to cause the;roller to bear upon the journal '3 of the axle 4 The device is sirnpleinitsoperation, and

niay be: dismissed in a few words; .Th'e' roller 26 clips into the oilin the bQX 5. WheI the, journal 3 rotates,the.roll-er 26 rotates also,"

" because therolleris incontact:with the-jourml, and when'tlrerollerrotates, oilissuppliedto the journal;

,-: Itwillbe understood that the size of the roller may be varied tomeet conditions, that 1 is, the depth of the oil reservoir, the diameuiter of the journal, etc. I 1 The smallerjthe roll"- er, the higher thespeedat: which it rotates, ahdgthe'fjorirnal' maybe adequatelylubricated, according tospeed', by providing a.

-roll'er of proper diameterrthat is, if the AThe" advantage 7 V journalis turningrapidly,ja roller ofsniall diamete'rmay bee-provided, soth-atthe roller will turn" rapidly and a-fio-rd an ample sup:

' scribed: are marked. When grease cake lu-1 1 bricationisgresorted-tof, as is done at present, i 7 especially true incoldrweather. The roller,

the lubricationis not thorough andthis is method shown inther presentcasewill reme dy the defects cornmon to cake lubrication.

In the case of a locomotiveengine theengine will operate more freely andstart more-read-' l ily when equipped withthe device shown in .the'drawings,ithis being true becauselubrication is provided at all :times.{lThesame advantages-obtain; inlarge measure fwith respect .tTQJcarlubrication, and the opportunity forz jstealing oil, saturatedwaste, and the like, -;fron 2 the bearing boar, is reduced to? aminimum.

Refer-rings tov Figures 10-15,:tli numeral 122 marks ajournal frame,within which is V iota-device of classdelocated a j bearing 1231iwhichreceives the journal 124 of the axle 125'. A reservoir or oil box 126 isprovided,iand the ends of the reservoir are shapedat 127 ,ashereinbefore explained, to cooperate with the journal 124.:

- Theoilbox 126is provided on its upper edge with a groove 128, andtheupper edge of the oil box fits in; agroovej129 fo1'med'in a resilientpacking 130 having a depending tongue 131 received in the. groove 128ofthe "oil boi jor'reservoi'r 126. The packing 130 is pressed up againstthe lower edge of the bearing'123, and leakage of oil therebyisprevented, The oil applying device is designated'asa whole by thenumeral 132, and is dismissedwiththe remark that; it i s ;construotedlikev the'structure shown at 2619 etc. in- Figure'l, and hereinbeforedescribed.

The reservoir 126 is hel-d. in'a box-like casing 133, fer'vertical-lsliding movement. The casingis,. provided -at one endcwiththreaded studs 134', receivedin slots-135 in an end closure plate136,-iiutsl31being threaded onthe studs 134' to hold the closure 136 inplace onthe end ofthe casing 183, "The casing 'l3'3 is. held inlthejournalfframe 122 by bolts; 138 extended through holes 139 in the casing133. A base plate 140 is located in the casing 133 tindjcarriscompression springs 141 whichlexe rt an upwardv thrust onvthe reservoirl26 'andcinaintain the packings- 1530 in contact; with the bearing 123he twee-n the. journal 124 and the wall. of like frame122 topreventleakage or slopping-v out of the oil, the oil being indicated at142.

7 'What'is claimed is 1. Ina-device of the class des cribei an oilreservoir, a pairs-of levers, fulcrumed in against the part, to belubricated;- I

a device of the class described-,ian

oil reservoir, a. pair of leve r s fulcrumed, in

the reservoir, theii-nner end of one lever being engaged beneaththeinner endof the other leveryan oil applying meinber on the end of thelast specified lever and means cooperat- 'ingv-withr the outerends ofthe levers for tilting-them, to press the oiljapplying' nem-c beragainstthepart-t be, lubrica'tedij 3. Atde-vice oftheblass v described;concharacterized by an abutment, a packing is is .struct'ed as set forthin claim l, and further between the oil reservoirand theabutment,

and means, for yieldablypressing the reservoir againstthe packing. r

p In testimony that I'claiin ALBERT JEFFERSON. SAMS.

the as, vmy own,I haveheretoaflixed my signature;

